2. THE INTERNET

3. IP  The Internet Protocol (IP) is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams (packets) across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite. Responsible for routing packets across network boundaries, it is the primary protocol that establishes the Internet.

4. TCP/IP  The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP is one of the two original components of the suite, complementing the Internet Protocol (IP), and therefore the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP.

5. ISP  An Internet service provider (ISP) is a company that provides access to the Internet. Examples of ISPs are BTinternet, AOL, Tiscali etc.

6. DNS  The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network.

7. URL  A Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Locator (URL) is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to an Internet resource.

8. Search Engine  A web search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web

9. Web Cookie  A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, or browser cookie, is used for an origin website to send state information to a user's browser and for the browser to return the state information to the origin site. Click to learn more about Web Cookies

10. Internet Statistics

11. Internet History  Vinton Cerf first developed what later became known as the internet i.e. the interconnectivity between computers worldwide in 1973. The invention of the system to place information on this system was later developed by Tim Berners Lee - the World Wide Web (WWW). Click to watch a video about the History of The Internet